Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW173
Diagnosis: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
US Patients: 3.5% in a given year; 3.9% over a life-time;
World Patients: Much higher where wars have occurred.
Sex Ratio: M;W+. After rape, about 19% develop PTSD
Age Onset: less likel to develop PTSD if traumatic event occurs before age 10;
Brain Area: women with smaller hippocampi; more norepinephrine; brain shrinkage, but hyperactive amygdala.
Symptoms: after a traumatic event, thoughts, dreams, mental or physical distress, changes in thought, increased fight-flight, self-harm, suicide
Progression: intrusive, recurrent recollections, flashbacks, and nightmares; depression, anxiety and mood disordersl drug or alcohol abuse
Causes: previous rape or child abuse; war, refugee status; death of a loved one; cancer, heart attack, stroke;child in chronic illness’s parents
Medications: antidepresssants and SSRI’s help 50%;
Therapies: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing helped 50% in children and adolescents.
Youtube Video: 3 Ways to Manage PTSD Triggers
Amazon or Library Book: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Workbook
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Support Group: samhsa.gov; 800-662-4357
(U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
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Section 12.15.
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
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The world-wide medical research
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- Investigating the impact of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety symptoms in female victims of domestic violenceby Malihe Shirzadfard Jahromi on November 3, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: CPT is recommended for female victims of domestic violence to reduce symptoms of depression, PTSD, and domestic violence.
- The resonance of trauma in the military: to each his own warby Gilles Ventax on November 3, 2024
Our experience of working with veterans traumatized by their encounter with death has enabled us to evolve our nursing practice so as to better welcome the singular voice of the psychically wounded in a military environment. This approach aims to highlight the resonance between an unspeakable experience of annihilation and the singularity of the subject. The interest of this notion lies in its clinical value, which is tending to disappear in modern therapies, as the personal history of our...
- At the heart of the unspeakable: when the soul is shattered, how do you get sexuality out of the turmoil?by Dorian Cessa on November 3, 2024
Sexological problems are rarely highlighted in the context of post-traumatic stress disorder. Beyond the direct clinical symptoms of this disorder, sexual dysfunction is one of the most common co-morbid signs in psychotraumatic clinics. In the specific context of the military institution, and particularly the Foreign Legion hospital, the sexological approach represents both a challenge and an opportunity to contribute to the reconstruction of these young men, overwhelmed by the unspeakable...
- Miens, liens, tiens, the systemic approach to traumaby Carole Milan-Chery on November 3, 2024
War-related psychological disorders have a major impact on family relationships. There are tools and methods for dealing with families affected by war trauma, which can be insidiously transmitted. An account of the therapeutic work carried out with a family affected by psychotrauma reveals the particularities of this systemic intervention.